The Sri Lanka cricket team toured Bangladesh in May 2021 to play three One Day International (ODI) matches. All of the matches took place at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium. The ODI series formed part of the inaugural 2020–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League. Originally, the tour was scheduled to take place in December 2020. The Sri Lankan cricket team arrived in Bangladesh on 16 May 2021, following their two-match Test series in Sri Lanka.
Ahead of the tour, Kusal Perera was appointed as Sri Lanka's new ODI captain, replacing Dimuth Karunaratne.
Bangladesh won the first ODI by 33 runs. They also won the rain-affected second ODI by 103 runs, to take an unassailable lead in the series. It was Bangladesh's first bilateral series win against Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka won the third match by 97 runs with Bangladesh winning the series 2–1.
Squads ODIs Tamim Iqbal (c) Taskin Ahmed Shakib Al Hasan Litton Das Mahedi Hasan Mehidy Hasan Afif Hossain Mosaddek Hossain Shoriful Islam Mahmudullah Mohammad Mithun Mohammad Naim Mushfiqur Rahim (wk) Mustafizur Rahman Mohammad Saifuddin Soumya Sarkar Kusal Perera (c, wk) Kusal Mendis (vc) Ashen Bandara Dushmantha Chameera Akila Dananjaya Dhananjaya de Silva Niroshan Dickwella Asitha Fernando Binura Fernando Shiran Fernando Danushka Gunathilaka Wanindu Hasaranga Chamika Karunaratne Ramesh Mendis Pathum Nissanka Lakshan Sandakan Dasun Shanaka Isuru Udana
On 1 May 2021, Bangladesh named a preliminary squad of 23 players to begin training ahead of the series. Rubel Hossain and Hasan Mahmud, who were both named in the preliminary squad, were later ruled out of the ODI matches due to injuries. Mohammad Naim, Taijul Islam, Shohidul Islam and Aminul Islam were all named as standby players for Bangladesh, with Mohammad Naim being named in their squad for the third ODI.
Warm-up matches
ODI series 1st ODI
2nd ODI
3rd ODI
References
External links Series home at ESPN Cricinfo